The Amy Doodle Of It All . . .

Scrappy Boy Christmas Cards!

I know I know it's not  Christmas yet, but you HAVE TO SEE these adorable Christmas stamps!

Trust me you are going to want a set. If you are anything like me you love to watch all those amazing PBS Victorian shows, and this stamp takes me right back to all the pretty Victorian themed clothes and Christmas baubles!
It's the set Victorian Christmas! This cute 6x8 stamp set has 27 image stamps & 5 sentiment stamps. 
You can find it here: Victorian Christmas and they have dies to match!


For my first card I had this idea in my mind of the front being outside the Victorian house, and when you open the card you would be inside of it. There are so many little scene stamp pieces it's just begging for you to create a scene!

Here is the outside of the card. I used an old house stamp I had from Artist Impressions.
I thought the little boy would be adorable on the outside just welcoming you into his home. I used some of the smaller element stamps to decorate the house, and I used the tree stamp to create my background.

Doesn't he have the cutest little face!


Next for the inside of the card I stamped all the things and used the handy cutting dies to cut all out. I used some patterned paper for the wall and floors, and I just glues white cardstock rectangles and squares together to get that wood panel look.

I used foam tape on some elements to raise them up and give them dimension.
What a perfect little Victorian Christmas scene, and I think this would be a fun card to display on the mantel at Christmas.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!
Before you go I want to share a bonus card. I know there are peeps out there that really love the blue/purple Christmas color combo so I decided to make a sweet and simple wreath card. I used a 3 window cutting die, and Catherine Pooler inks in Something Borrowed, and Flirty Fuchsia to create my little colorful squares for the wreath to sit on.


I used a "Family" cutting die from Honey Bee Stamps to coordinate with the stamp sentiment from ours to yours, and I was so to add a ton of glitter paper and bling!

I hope this inspires you to create some of your own fun Christmas scenes, and if you haven't already . . .
You are going to want to check out Scrappy Boy Stamps!


I will leave you with 2 other sets that I adore to check out.

Tomb Town, and Future Family
GO SEE HOW CUTE!!

Buttons Galore and More Collaboration Day 2

It's Day 2 of the collaboration with Sassy & Crafty and Buttons Galore and more!

Before I show off what I made I wanted to tell you to hop over to Sassy & Crafty's Facebook Group where you can enter to win this:
Sassy and Crafty Facebook Group

I found this great shadow box frame at the Dollar Tree and knew it would be perfect for a shaker themed Halloween Decor frame. Phew . . . Say that 3 times fast!
First I created my orange and black mat by blending Black Soot Distress Ink over our totally cool Spider Stencil. Then I glued it to the mat that came with the frame and cut away the unwanted paper as well as the holes.


I used our Wicked Good Friends stamp set for my flying monkey, and I created the background by masking a die-cut circle and blending Weathered Wood & Shaded Lilac Distress Ink over the circle. Once that was done I drew a tree with my Copic 100 marker.  


I stamped my flying monkey with Momento Black ink and then colored it with my Copic markers. (E41, W3,W5, W7, B79) Then I fussy cut him out and foam taped him on to the scene. Next, I stamped the Sassy Girls - Spooky phrase and blended Weathered Wood Distress Ink over the image. I assembled the frame and poured in that amazing pack of  Creepy Sparkletz mix with it's spiders and pumkins !




A perfect addition to my Halloween Decor!

Please be sure to check out all the other designer's fabulous projects by going HERE

Have a great day!

  

Buttons Galore and More Collaboration

I cannot state this clearly enough . . .
I AM A BUTTON FREAK!
I LOVE buttons! All buttons, frankly it's a problem but I am learning to not acquire so many. . . and then I ignore that and go to the Buttons Galore and more website LOL! I just love buttons and what they add to a project, and I especially love the way Buttons Galore and more have added buttons and sequin mixes together, how fun!!! Before I show off what I made I wanted to tell you to hop over to Sassy & Crafty's Facebook Group where you can enter to win this:
Sassy and Crafty Facebook Group

For this super fun collaboration, I wanted to think outside the card. I found this fun little mini cloche at Dollar Tree and thought it was perfect to create my own Ghost in a Jar Halloween decor. First I painted the bottom of the cloche with flat black acrylic paint, and once it was dry I drilled a small hole in the center. I used a mirror stamping technique to stamp my ghosts from the All about the Boo's stamp set, and then colored them with Copic markers. Once they were cut out I foam taped them back to back with a skewer in the center.

I placed the skewer in the hole in the center of the bottom. I tipped the top of the container upside down and filled it with my button mix, and then popped the bottom on and turned it right-side up. Finally, I added my "Boo-ya" statement to the piece and I was done!


Don't you just love that Candy Corn embellishment mix? It's so yummy! I am sure you can see why I had to just leave it as is!


Please be sure to check out all the other designer's fabulous projects by going HERE

Have a great day!

  

 

 

Witt & Sass and Beth Duff Blog Hop

I am so excited about this blog hop because Beth is a personal friend of mine and she's amazing!

We've taken Beth Duff Designs Adventures Abroad - London and Witt & Sass Fabulously Gobsmacked to create cards that will be bloody brilliant! With the combined creativity of our Design Teams, you are guaranteed not to run short on inspiration!

When I saw the London stamp I knew I had to make a little London street scene. (Note that a couple of other designers made a similar scene and I love how they all look so different. Just proving how versatile these sets are).  I also used our Layered Cloud Stencil to create my London sky. I love how her set of images pair perfectly with my sentiments.

How about a card using the sentiments as a background paper?

 

For your chance to win follow the blog hop and look at each card our amazing team of designers came up with. Then Pick a sentiment from each set and tell us what you would use for your Fabulously London card. For more Detail go to our Facebook Group HERE

 

 

Start Hopping

Mindy

Marcia

Annabel

Amy

Emma 

Fawn

Annie

Rachel

Nicole

Beth

Witt & Sass Stamp Company

I AM SO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE  . . .

I AM STARTING MY OWN STAMP COMPANY! 

Called

I will be producing my own stamp lines! They will include 4 x 8 Stamp Sets, 2 x 3 Stamps, and coordinating Stencils! They will all be sold through the company as well as Brutus Monroe! This is really a dream come true and I couldn't be more excited!!!

They will release the middle of July and will include some of my Digi Stamps only reworked a bit to add more goodies to them.

 

I am so happy to be heading out on this adventure, and even more happy that my crafty friends get to come along for the ride!

Be sure to watch for the launch

Mid July!

You can Like our Facebook page to keep track of updates and sneek peeks!

Witt & Sass Facebook Group

Kindred Stamps Guest Designer!

Kindred Stamp release's are so fun! I have been asked to be a guest designer and I couldn't be more excited! I love their products and consider my self a hard core fan. Okay . . . maybe more like a light stalker, but I keep it legal. If you haven't been introduced to them then let me make a formal introduction! They are a clear stamp company with stamps that have a delicious geeky twist. These sets are parodies of pop culture fandoms, and as such have inspired names. For example here are a couple of samples to give you an idea . . . 

Demon Hunter Stamp Set

Candy Man Stamp Set

Space Explorer Stamp Set

Time Travler Stamp Set

Are you getting the idea? Fabulous, right? 

Now lets get on to the real reason your here! A new release! I ADORE this set called Next Space Explorers! 
I have a husband that absolutely loves this set so it's perfect for my card making!

I used my Copics to color my space explorer and used Distress Inks to create a space nebula background to place him on. Of course I had to add some gold and sparkle, and I used White embossing powder on vellum for my sentiment.

The sentiment on the inside of the card is from the same set but my cool triangle graphic is from another
awesome Kindred Stamp Set called Space Explorers!

For my second card I had to make a comical one, and nothing is funnier to me than a good pun. So of course I made an "Insufficient Data" card (Nerds will snicker here). I simply colored my little guy with Copics, and printed out the sentiment using Microsoft Word. 

For the inside I thought this sentiment from another stamp set I had would be absolutely perfect. It's "I am not complete with you" from the Kindred Stamp Trim the Hedges Set.

I hope this post inspires you to invest in your own healthy obsession with Kindred Stamps as I have done,
and I hope you get busy making lots of geeky inspired cards!

We are extremely excited about this month's Kindred Stamps release, and want to invite you to join us on our Facebook event so you can see all of the projects our Creative and Design Teams made to showcase these fun sets! If you take the time to hop along with our team, make sure you leave a comment on each blog to be entered to win a $10 store credit!

Kindred Stamps 
Mad Crafter's Tea Party
The Frolicking Fairy
Wunders Crafty World
DaggDesigns Blog
Amy Hurley (You Are Here!)
R. Winn Creates
Heather Collins - Guest Designer
Fanciful Spaces
Crafting Love

You can also join our Fan Club on Facebook to show off your own projects an see more from our teams throughout the month!
We will announce our blog hop winner there, sometime on Saturday the 26th!

Karen Burniston and Brutus Monroe Blog Hop

 

 This week's Brutus Monroe Blog Hop is so exciting because we are teaming up with Karen Burniston and her FABULOUS cutting dies! They have all kinds of incredible 3D dies! Their wafer-thin metal crafting dies are compatible with most major die cutting machines. They are innovative, cutting edge die sets will take your paper crafting to new heights. 

For my card I used the Twist Panel Pop Up Die Set.

I had to pair it with my new favorite stamp Dragon Kisses from Brutus Monroe!
(Out Soon)

 

The incredibly fun part of this die set is that it makes a fun card that when you open the card the panels twist and spread out! It creates such a fun interactive card!

Karen also provides wonderful instructions on how to use this die on her channel
Karen Burniston Channel

 

Here are instructions for the die I used:

 

Stop by each of the Inspiration Team Members' blogs!

VERITY BIDDLECOMBE

BERINA FEBIN

LORI U’REN

AMY  (You're Here)

MARIE HEIDERSCHEIT 

WALESKA GALINDO

CHITRA MENON

Brutus Monroe Thermoweb Blog Hop

It's Wednesday and this week we are having a very special Blog Hop!  Brutus|Monroe is blog hopping with ThermoWeb! If you aren't familiar with their products you are in for a real treat! Let's just say so many products, so little time! They are giving away a $25.00 gift card for this hop. After you check out the hop be sure to leave your name HERE or HERE for a chance yo win!

This week I am focusing on Deco Foil and Deco Foil Transfer Gel to create a shiny underwater card! I used the Mermaid Lagoon Stamp set from Brutus|Monroe as well as some of their mermaid goodness!

I already used Distress Oxide Inks in Mermaid Lagoon and Mowed lawn to create a colored background for this technique. Here's what you'll need to make the rest of background:

Brutus|Monroe Tangled Waves Stencil

DecoFoil Transfer Gel

Removable Tape (I use medical tape)

DecoFoil in Jade

 

Tape the Stencil down

Evenly spread gel over stencil

Remove stencil and tape and let it completely dry. For me it took 3 hours.

You will know when it is done because it will turn clear when it is dry.

Next I placed my foil over the top and ran it through my laminator. Then Ta-Da perfect shiny gorgeousness! If you don't have one I found mine on Amazon for only $19.00! You can find it HERE

Next I used the following to complete my card:

Mermaid Lagoon Stamp Set

Mermaid Lagoon Underwater Background Stamp Set

Mermaid Lagoon Sea Glass

Mermaid Lagoon Scale Gems

Rhinestones

Perfect Pearl

Shells (Dollar Store)

 

You really can't tell how shiny and sparkly it is in a photo so you'll have to trust me it's shiny goodness! It's safe to say that I am now obsessed with foil...LET'S FOIL THE WORLD!

 

 

 

Check out what the Fabulous Design Team created this week!

 

 

 

AMY HURLEY PURDIE (HERE)

 

VERITY BIDDLECOMBE

 

MARIE HEIDERSCHEIT

 

WALESKA GALINDO

 

BERINA FEBIN

 

LORI U'REN

 

CHITRA NAIR

Stampendous and Deflecto Blog Hop Day 2!

 

 I used Stampendous Tropical Pineapple stamp to decorate my Deflecto Carousel Rotating Organizer - 9 Bins!

I measured my watercolor paper and cut it to fit, and then stamped my Pineapple using Versamark Ink and Stampendous detail black embossing powder. I heat set it, and then water colored it with Distress Inks in  Picked Raspberry, Abandon Coral, Mustard Seed, Cracked Pistachio, and Peacock Feathers. I love the idea of pulling out the inserts and changing it seasonally!

 

Check out all this awesome crafty fun:

Stampendous Blog

Wendy Price

Louise Healy

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin

Janelle Stollfus

Pam Bray

Tenia Nelson

Deflecto Blog

Prizes:

 

Here’s the awesome prizes but you must comment to win. Official Contest Rules

Deflecto prize will be three on their blog:

3-Tier Dessert Stand

Stampendous blog has THREE prize packages that include:

CRS5087 Cling Woodland Friends Rubber Stamp Set
DCS5097 Woodland Friends Die Set
SSH57 Jumbo Perfectly Clear Acrylic Stamp Handle

Thanks for joining us this past week! 

 

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Deflecto Website – http://www.deflecto.com/craft/

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Stampendous and Deflecto Blog Hop Day 1!

Deflecto has great product for organization, as well as pieces that you can customize for your home or craft space. Stampendous stamps are of course my go to for customizing anything. Today I made a really fun and simple photo frame.

I used their clear frame and Stampendous Sketchy Blooms Stamp to customize my frame. I stamped the frame with Versamark, and used some Detail Black Embossing powder.

If you want to customize this for a unique gift you could stamp the Sketchy Blooms stamp several times onto watercolor paper, and paint several versions of the stamp for different occasions. For example you could paint a pastel one for Easter, a red and green version for Christmas, or perhaps black flowers with red leaves for Halloween. The possibilities are endless! I used white embossing powder, and painted in some blues and greens using my Distress Inks.

You cut it out, and simple slide it in making sure to line it up in between the frame. Viola! Customized frame that's fun for your craft room, home, or as a gift!

 

 Be sure to checkout The Stampendous blog, it has THREE prize packages that include:
CRS5087 Cling Woodland Friends Rubber Stamp Set
DCS5097 Woodland Friends Die Set
SSH57 Jumbo Perfectly Clear Acrylic Stamp Handle

 

You can find lots more inspiration here:

Stampendous Blog

Louise Healy

Jamie Martin

Tenia Nelson

Deflecto Blog